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MotoGP 14 is the latest game to be added to the NVIDIA GRID service, an online game streaming platform available to SHIELD owners. The game is accessible using the SHIELD Android TV device, a tablet, or the handheld gaming system. MotoGP 14 is described as having graphics "as supercharged as the superbikes you’ll take out on the tracks, and the ...

Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 10, arrives tomorrow, and if you're curious about what to expect, when to expect it, and nearly everything else the OS has to offer, you're in luck. This post will try to detail everything we know about Windows 10's launch tomorrow, and while Microsoft hasn't revealed all the information, we do have plen...

Flexible electronics will likely be a big deal once all of the components for them are developed, as there are many situations where flexibility would be invaluable for a device. One catch has been that typically when you stretch a conductive fiber, its conductivity decreases because of how the geometry changes. Researchers at the University of ...

The rumors have been around for ages, but now, finally, 2K Games has confirmed that Mafia 3 exists and will be officially unveiled at Gamescom next week (since E3 came and went without a word). A teaser image of the reveal date appeared on Twitter earlier today, with the trailer reveal set for 8am EST on August 5. Not a whole lot is being said a...

A new day is here, with several items to tide you over. We have a review of the SilverStone TD02-E liquid CPU cooler, which features a 240mm radiator and two 120mm fans to help keep your overclocks from going up in flames. There is a look at the Thermaltake Poseidon Z Plus Smart Keyboard that uses a Bluetooth 4.0 connection to track and send dat...

Eventually we may have highly capable robots in our homes, helping with chores and other tasks as we ask them, but before this can happen, they must be able to recognize the objects being used. To that end many objection recognition algorithms have been developed and work is ongoing to make ever better ones. Now researchers at MIT have combined ...

Version 5.30 of AIDA64, a popular PC diagnostic utility that provides detailed information about hardware and software of individual or networked computers, has just been released by software development company FinalWire. The latest version of AIDA64 features full support for Intel Skylake processors, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, as well as...

Information obtained by Chinese site Benchlife has revealed that Intel Skylake processors that aren't part of the K-Series will feature overclocking support. K-Series processors feature better support for overclocking through the ability to change the CPU multiplier and base clock. In the past Intel had restricted support for base clock adjustme...

The Ouya was an Android based gaming console that raised $8.6 million on Kickstarter but fizzled out shortly after its release. Razer has now confirmed that it purchased the Ouya software assets for a price reported to be near $10 million. Razer has its own Android based console, the Forge TV, and won't need to continue making Ouya consoles. As ...

Many hardware manufacturers are hard at work getting ready for 16 nm and 14 nm manufacturing processes, which will allow for much higher densities and increased efficiency. According to Fudzilla, NVIDIA is going to take advantage of the 16 nm FinFET process used to make next year's Pascal GPUs to pack in 17 billion transistors. At 17 billion, it...

In the quickly approaching month of August, AMD will be launching the R9 Nano, which is rumored to have a full Fiji XT core, like the R9 Fury X GPU, but in a far smaller, 15 cm long package. To achieve this and keep within its 175 W TDP, it will almost certainly feature lower clock speeds, so the question on many people's minds is just how well ...

The final week of July kicks off today, and if you're in need of a new vide card, you're in luck. We have a review of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! video card, which offers a factory overclock and a stellar looking cooler that should keep things from getting out of control. On the AMD side of things, we have the HIS Radeon R9 390 IceQ X2 OC ...

Wirelessly charging our devices has been a dream for many for a long time, and now we are starting to see it, but it still needs some work. For the technology to become more practical, its efficiency must be increased, and one means to achieve that is to add intermediate materials between the transmitter and receiver. Metamaterials are one conte...

NVIDIA has officially reduced the price of its GeForce GTX 750 Ti graphics cards just weeks before the expected launch of the GTX 950, which is a GM206 graphics card that is simply a reduced version of the GeForce GTX 960. The GTX 750 Ti was previously going on sale for around $150, and the price cuts for the card have brought the for sale price...

Vaccinations save millions of lives every year, which makes it important to make them easier and safer to use. This is easier said than done though, as traditional needle injections come with some risk and can require a level of medical training. As published in Biomaterials, researchers at Osaka University have developed a new vaccination solut...

The end of the week has arrived, with July's end nearly in sight, too. Before that arrives, we have some items for you to check out, starting with the Keycool Hero 84. This is a mechanical keyboard in a smaller format, similar to a 60% keyboard, but one that still keeps the arrow keys for those who need them. A new case mod apparently still in t...

Since its discovery, quantum mechanics has been a realm largely separate from the classical world we live in. This makes it challenging to study some quantum phenomena, which require ultra-low temperature, just above absolute zero. One example of this is Bose-Einstein condensates, but researchers at Polytechnique Montréal and Imperial College Lo...

Microsoft has boasted that its next iteration of the Windows operating system is supposed to work on all devices that previously ran Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. In order to test this claim, Bogdan Popa at Softpedia decided to install Windows 10 on an Acer Aspire One that was released seven years ago, in 2008. The Acer Aspire One featu...

QuakeCon kicked off today, and during the opening ceremony, Bethesda's Pete Hines started it off with a blast: Fallout Anthology. For the first time, gamers can pick up a collection containing Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, and Fallout: New Vegas: Ultimate Edition in one handy package. And since this is...

For many systems, friction is an enemy as it takes away energy that could otherwise be used, or wears down components. Ways to reduce and remove friction are naturally very important then, with the ultimate goal being superlubricity. When superlubricity is achieved, friction seems to vanish, and now researchers at Argonne National Laboratory hav...

The week is drawing to its end, but not before we have some items for you to check out. There is a review on the GIGABYTE X99 SLI motherboard, which packs in plenty of features without breaking the bank. We also have the Phanteks Enthoo Pro M case, a mid-tower model that still offers most of what you get with the larger models, just in somethin...

The future of electronics will likely be thin, but not in the sense that it will fit better in your pocket. Instead there is a push to use two-dimensional crystals for building devices, instead of the current 3D crystals used. Now researchers at ORNL have devised a novel way to form arrays of arbitrary patterns within a 2D semiconductor crystal....

GIGABYTE, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, has released a picture of its next-generation motherboard known as the Gaming 3. The Gaming 3 is aimed at providing consumers with absolute quality and impressive features while maintaining an intriguing price. The GIGABYTE Gaming 3 utilizes the ATX form factor, supports the LG...

Since its discovery, many researchers from around the world have been working to bring graphene to electronics, and we may be one giant step closer to realizing this. Researchers at Korea University have found a way to grow graphene on silicon, making it possible to integrate the material into silicon microelectronics.

The middle of the week is upon us, with a few items to interest you this day. We have a review of the Deepcool Assassin II CPU cooler, a dual tower packing two fans, eight heat pipes, and its own four-port fan hub. There is also a look at the Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro Black Edition gaming laptop, which offers solid performance without costing you a...

Personally I am not afraid that a robot-apocalypse will happen, but when I see news like this, I cannot help but feel we should be working harder to maintain our dominance. A recent study from Queen Mary, University of London has determined that the program Sketch-a-Net is better at identifying sketches than people. The program had a success rat...

Chinese sources have leaked some intriguing benchmarks for the Core i7-6700K, Intel’s flagship 14nm Skylake processor that is expected to launch on August 5, 2015 at Gamescom. The benchmarks compare the Core i7-6700K against the flagship 22nm Devil’s Canyon processor, the Core i7-4790K. While separate motherboards were used for the benchmarks fo...

Dell has announced the Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet, "built to survive drops and dirty environments." It is the first tablet to join the Rugged line from Dell and "can withstand drops from over 4 feet, spills in water, mud, sand, and dust, as well as temperatures from -20 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit." The tablet is powered by Windows 8.1 and features...

The next big GPU to come out of NVIDIA is known as Pascal and is currently code named GP100. This continues the practice of naming GPUs after famous scientists and will be the first NVIDIA chip built using Taiwan Semiconductors 16nm FinFET process. The card is expected to release late next year in two variations, both using a 4096-bit memory bus...

The ability to manipulate electromagnetic radiation has been transformative for the world, as absorbers and sensors have enabled various technologies. Traditionally these absorbers also reflect light, so while they only absorb one frequency, they interfere with several. Researchers at Aalto University have found a solution to this problem and bu...